Andrew, Tom, and Carl look ahead to next week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago and discuss brand new swing state polls from The Cook Political Report. They also discuss the release of new documents from the US State Department revealing that Hunter Biden sought help from diplomats while his father was serving as vice president and the political implications of this summer’s Covid resurgence. Then, Carl talks to futurist and technology expert George Gilder about Israel and the future of the Middle East. And lastly, Andrew talks to James Freeman of The Wall Street Journal about Kamala Harris’ efforts to distance herself from the Biden economic record and the European Union’s warning to Elon Musk issued in advance of his conversation on X with Donald Trump.